OS: from: project-trident.org Trident-x64-TOS-19.07-20190710.iso FreeBSD trident-6928 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT GENERIC-NODEBUG amd64 pkg install security/trousers After installing trousers I noticed it had created an unusual path to '/usr/local/var' /usr/local/var/db /usr/local/var/db/tpm /usr/local/var/lib /usr/local/var/lib/tpm /usr/local/var/ contains only two objects, both are sub-folders: db/ lib/ /usr/local/var/db/ contains only one object, a sub-folder tpm/ (this is an empty folder.) /usr/local/var/lib/ contains only one object, a sub-folder tpm/ (this is an empty folder.) The tcsd.conf.sample seems to have a related issue. /usr/local/etc/ tcsd.conf.sample # system_ps_file = /usr/local/var/lib/tpm/system.data . It appears that the prefix '/usr/local' is a mistake and should be just '/var/...' Note: the tcsd.conf.sample file has one option the defaults to '/usr/local/var'. I looked at: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/trousers/ It appears that the issue is in the following two files: Makefile pkg-plist On this bug form I did try using the preview tab but it was empty.